Tuesday, 17 December 1957
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Lieut.-Colonel Wentworth Schofield, T.D., Member for Rochdale, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we have...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will now arrange to open the Tower of London on Sunday afternoons in winter in view of the tourist demand throughout the year.
asked the Minister of Works whether he will take the initiative in making available a suitable public building under his control to the Victoria and Albert Museum for a display of Tudor furniture.
asked the Minister of Works his present intentions with regard to raising one of the fallen trilithons at Stonehenge.
asked the Minister of Works what steps he has taken in conjunction with the City Corporation to ensure the preservation and proper display of the remains of the Roman London wall and fort in...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Works when the carpets outside the Strangers Dining Room will, in view of their condition, be renewed.
asked the Minister of Works the terms on which he appointed one of his officials as General Manager of the Directorate-General of Works.
asked the Minister of Works when his Department will vacate the flats in Baker Street at present occupied by the Building Operational Research Unit and rehouse that unit with the rest of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what progress has been made in the implementation of the five-year plan for the...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what steps are taken by the Department of Scientific and...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what arrangements are made by the Department of Scientific and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, for what purpose the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research makes awards...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received respecting the refusal of Dunbartonshire County Council to grant planning permission to the Cumbernauld New Town...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received respecting the occurrence which took place in Clydebank High School, particulars of which have been sent to him by...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he proposes taking to prevent the entry into the teaching profession of unsuitable candidates.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the restricted and inadequate nature of Colston Road bridge which forms part of the main east-west link between the major roads A803...
asked the Secreetary of State for Scotland whether he will appoint an independent committee to examine and report on the question of financial assistance to university students.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the division of opinion in St. Andrews on the merits of his recent decision relating to new university buildings in the centre of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that, owing to the difference between Scottish and English law, the White Fish Authority has to limit aid on the capital cost of new...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set up a development board for the Highlands and Islands.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make available to hon. Members representing Scottish constituencies detailed information regarding local government finance or, alternatively,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his consultations with the appropriate bodies have now been completed in respect of the three reports of the Law Reform Committee and when he...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why there has been delay in giving effect to proposals contained in the Report on the Law of Succession in Scotland presented in 1950; what are the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses with valuations of £40 and under are vacant and available for renting.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to be in a position to reply to the Scottish Council, Development and Industry, on the subject of their memorandum on the reduction in...
Rankin: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will arrange for an impartial engineering survey of Scottish roads with a view to increasing their safety characteristics and also helping...
Miss Horbison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many radiographers are employed in the National Health Service in Scotland; and how many have left this service since the inception...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many farms in Scotland were inspected under notices similar to those issued by Roxburgh subcommittee of the Border Agricultural Executive...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a list of members of nationalised boards appointed by him who also serve on the boards of public companies, listing the companies concerned.
asked the Secretary of State far Scotland whether he will make a statement about the allocation of contracts for the supply of cast-iron products for the Lenthouse-Whiteinch tunnel.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he proposes to review his decision to refuse the 3 per cent. award made to the administrative and clerical staff of the National Health Service.
asked the Prime Minister what action he proposes to take on the official proposal made on 11th December by Marshal Bulganin to the effect that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is prepared...
asked the Prime Minister whether a date has yet been fixed for his meeting with the Staff Side Whitley Council, Hospital Staffs.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the official letter received from the Soviet Prime Minister on 11th December.
asked the Prime Minister the policy and practice of Her Majesty's Government in regard to members of nationalised boards serving on the boards of public companies.
asked the Prime Minister when the United States of America and the United Kingdom Joint Declassification Committee was formed: what are its present functions; and if he will give the names of the...
asked the Prime Minister why it is Her Majesty's Governments' policy for aeroplanes stationed in this country to carry nuclear bombs on patrol, in view of the fact that their civil defence...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the proposal to have Ministerial co-ordination of Welsh economic growth under the Minister for Welsh Affairs, he will arrange for a similar...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the issue of Government Top Secret documents to persons outwith Government service imposes no automatic obligations under the Official Secrets...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he has a statement to make on business?
I wish to make a statement to the House about the points of order which were raised last Wednesday when the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr. John Hall) was moving to introduce a Bill under what we...
Bill to separate the Turks and Caicos Islands from the colony of Jamaica and to make fresh provision for the government of those Islands and of the Cayman Islands, presented by Mr. Lennox-Boyd;...
Bill to make provision with respect to the working of coal by opencast operations, including provision for the compulsory acquisition by the National Coal Board of rights over land and provision...
Motion made, and Question put:—That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the...
4.0 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Draft Police Pensions Regulations, 1958, a copy of which was laid before this House on 4th December, be approved.—[Mr. Simon.]
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [5th December]: That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Government of India (Family Pension Funds) (Amendment)...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Oakshott.]
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